WELCOME YEAR 4s AND PARENTS/CARERS!

Welcome to our Year 4 page. We will keep this page updated with key news and information about our curriculum.

Core notices:

Any notices that are urgent or really important we will display here each week. 

Slides from the CURRICULUM EVENING LINK CLICK HERE

(please take some time to read if you were unable to make it)

-With regards to the residential, we collected hundreds of photos of the children. We've been thinking hard about the best way to share these with parents and we think we have an idea! We're going to make a movie with a compilation of the photos and videos and invite the children and parents in to watch it. We will confirm the date closer to the time on parent mail. We will also get the children to make a homemade photo frame where we will stick a photo of the whole group who went in the middle of it as a souvenir of their trip. 

 -Ukuleles every Monday. 

-Please ensure that any outstanding payment for either swimming, residential and/or the Lunt fort trip is settled as soon as possible. 

Key Documents

Overview of year- click

• VIPERS reading comprehension - Literacy Shed Plus - Literacy Shed Plus - Teaching Resources Made Easy
• Reading list - Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 | School Reading List

If you missed the curriculum evening, please have a look through the ppt by clicking here. Feel free to arrange a chat if there is anything you wish to discuss further. 

Spelling:

Below is an overview of the core spellings we learn this year:

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

PE and Swimming:

Our day for indoor PE is Tuesday afternoon. On this day, children can come to school in their PE kit. During the Autumn term, children will be taken swimming in blocks of 4 weeks to assess their skills and find out who may need extra sessions later in the year and in year 5. Mr Healey/ Mr Parker's class will be going first for 4 weeks (commencing the second week back), followed by Miss Smyton's class for the 4 weeks after. During the block where a class is going swimming there will be no indoor PE those weeks for that class as swimming will take its place. Swimming will always be a Monday afternoon regardless of which class is going. There will be a separate letter which goes home about swimming.  

Our day for outdoor PE is Friday. On this day, children can also come to school wearing their outdoor PE kit and remain in their kit for the day.

Homework and Spellings

Homework will be set on a Monday and will be due in on the following Monday.

Spellings will also be set on a Monday and will be tested on the following Monday. 

Reading Diaries

Children are encouraged to read at least three times a week with an adult. Teachers will check reading diaries weekly in order to check that children are reading regularly. Reading diaries will be checked on a Monday and those reading 3x or more with an adult at home each week will be entered into a reading raffle for small prizes.

Times tables practise 

We encourage weekly practise of timetables. There are regular tournaments and challenges which we set the children through the Times Tables Rockstars website -Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com). Children should be familiar with this from year 3, but we will provide new log ins/ passwords to those who have lost or forgotten them. Teachers can use this website to set individualised timetables for each child to practise based on their performance in weekly class assessments. 

R.E. and P.S.H.E

Over the course of the year we will develop a deeper understanding of the different faiths (see the long term plan, under curriculum for more information). We will be organising a visit to a Mandir in the Spring term. In P.S.H.E. lessons, children will be covering topics regarding staying safe in the wider world and dealing with increased responsibility as they get older.

PIimsolls

It is really important that every child has a pair of indoor shoes that they are able to change into when in the classroom. As we get further into the term and the weather changes, the playground and outdoor spaces will become much wetter and muddier. Having a pair of indoor shoes will ensure that the classrooms stay clean and comfortable environments for the children to learn in.

Week beginning:

 

Literacy:

In our Literacy lessons this week, we will be working on a unit that is based upon a short film called, 'Soar'. Last week, the children watched and discussed the film and then made notes and observations about teh appearance and personality of the main character. This week, children will consolidate their notes and use them to write a brief character description, including adjectives to add detail.

In their grammar lesson, children will be introduced to fronted adverbials, specifically fronted adverbials of place. These will provide children with more options for sentence openers when writing.

w/b Monday 20th January   

Literacy: This week, we will continue our writing topic on the book called 'A boy who biked the world'.  (Alastaire Humpreys) [This book is a based upon a boy who travels across lots of different countries and his experiences in each one. The part of the book series we will be focussing on is his travels across South America.]  This week we will be consolidating our understanding of different types of subordinate clauses.  We will then be using the book as a platform to explore features of persuasive writing.

Maths: This week we will be completing our end of topic assessment on multiplication and division. We will then begin our new unit on fractions.  We will be looking at fractions of a whole, improper fractions and mixed number fractions.

Science: We will be continuing our work on classification. Last week, we introduced vertebrates. This week we will be looking at the observable and non observable characteristics of each vertebrate group.  ICT: We working on photo editing. This week we will be looking at cropping, rotating and the use of colour.   History: This week we will be looking at how religion changed in Britain under Roman rule.  PE: Indoor PE: Handball Outdoor PE: Tennis PHSE: Human Rights Art: Oil pastel techniques for volcanic eruptions.

Monday 13th January

Literacy:   This week, we will start our new writing topic this term on a book called 'A boy who biked the world'.  (Alastaire Humpreys) This book is a based upon a boy who travels across lots of different countries and his experiences in each one. The part of the book series we will be focussing on is his travels across South America.  The focus in writing this week will be looking at diary entries and viewpoints. In this, we will be introducing different types of subordinate clauses.

Maths:  This week, we will continue our work on division using the partitioning method.  As we progress with this skill, we will be looking at division with remainders.

History: We will be continuing to look at Boudicca exploring the events that led to the rebellion against the Romans.  ICT: We will be working on photo editing.  Science: We will be continuing our classification unit looking at how we classify vertebrates.  PE: Indoor PE: penultimate lesson on the Handball topic  Outdoor PE: Tennis PHSE: Human Rights Art: Oil pastel techniques for volcanic eruptions.

 

 

Take a look at our curriculum in action.

 

Romans 

We had an amazing Roman day at Lunt Fort. We learnt about the life of a Roman Legionary and even had a go at different shield formations.

Making Roman heads of Caesar and sketching faces.